Resource library

This week’s issue includes items on medication safety, polypharmacy, sonographers, physical and mental health, managing risk, healthcare associated infection, the role of carers in patient safety, primary care for older people and more.

Also covered are new issues of the Journal Health Services Research & Policy, Healthcare Policy and the Journal for Healthcare Quality, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

This week’s issue includes items on the second edition of the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights, a draft Peripheral Venous Access Clinical Care Standard, antimicrobial resistance, infections, prescribing, digital health and more

Also covered are new issues of the Australian Health Review and Health Affairs, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and latest from the UK’s NICE.

The 2008 Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights was reviewed in 2 phases. This report details the first phase of the revision process. 

A fact sheet for quality managers about improving health literacy

An Easy Read document for people with intellectual disability. It aims to support people with intellectual disability, their supporters and clinicians to talk about the person’s disability and what they need to make their health care accessible.

This fact sheet provides practical information about how to use the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights in your health service.

A quick-reference guide for consumers to understanding your healthcare rights. This flyer can be printed and folded down to a brochure.

Available in: Arabic, Chinese simplified, Chinese Traditional, Dari, Filipino, French, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Nepali, Persian, Punjabi, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese.

The Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) Consumer and Patient experience Unit have partnered with the NSLHD Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service to create a unique and culturally appropriate and tailored version of the Australian Charter of Health Care Rights (the Charter).

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights, hospital acquired complications, medication related hospital admissions and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of Australian Health Review, Future Leaders Communiqué and  and the Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet along with the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR.

The LGBTQI+ version of the Australian Charter of Health Care Rights can be used by health services to promote diversity and inclusion.

This guide explains how digital mental health service providers should implement a charter of service users rights.

This Korean resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.

This poster contains tips on how to find good health information online.

This Tagalog resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.

This Karen resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.

There is a lot of health information online and it is not always easy to know what information is reliable, or who you can trust. These tips will help you.

This Punjabi resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.

This Farsi resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.

By implementing the six end-of life care actions in the Comprehensive Care Standard, health service organisations are laying the foundations to support the delivery of safe and high-quality end-of-life care that is person-centred and comprehensively meets the needs of the patient. These six actions can be linked to the 10 essential elements of the Consensus Statements. This resource sets out some suggested implementation strategies.

This Nepali resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.

This Bengali resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.

This Thai resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.

This fact sheet for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples provides useful information on each step of a colonoscopy procedure, from referral through to the report after the procedure. 

This Macedonian resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.

This book tells you how to find good health information online.

This Tamil resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new Understanding My Healthcare Rights resources to support the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights, clinical decision support systems and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of BMJ Quality & Safety, the Journal of Primary Health, the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy and Pediatric Quality & Safety, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

An infographic for consumers on the second edition of the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights.

This Arabic resource for people with cognitive impairment provides information on your right to get health care that is good and safe.